An evening with the Crowes and Scotty too :)

[JofZ]

What a night!

The weather was perfect and I finally got a chance to see a show at the new venue on the lake front of Chicago. The new venue is located east of Soldier Field and the stage faces east, so as the sun sets you have the skyline as a beautiful backdrop to the stage. What a sight regardless of whose playing. If you are in town, get over there and check it out. You can also see every show for free from the beach.
I went to the show with Teddy and his GF Kate.
Due to traffic we got to the venue right as Drive-By Truckers were coming on. Scotty and Elwood greated us backstage and promptly took us to Rich's guitar pit. If I were a smart man I would be making this post from Mexico with all of his gear :D Just Kidding Rich!
I think he needs a few more guitars, no pics sorry guys I was way too distracted. Drive by was playing and here I was on stage going through an inventory of guitars that were just unreal.
So we had some dinner and went out to watch Robert Randolph and the Family Band. Man does this guy burn. I had only seen him on the Crossroads DVD and some awards shows, so I was really excited. It is just too bad his song selection was terrible. Nevertheless, he ripped and the crowd really dug him.
The Crowes came on about 9pm, they could only play a 2 hour set due to curfew laws. Mark sounded amazing he had a couple Roccaforte Amps, a ProAnalog Power Driver, a treble booster and a TTE. Scotty said there were 5 TTE's on stage. Mark had his amps set at 4 and his tone was just awesome. He ran an LP, Tele, First Act, Supro, Strat and a 335 through it and they all sounded great. He really holds the band together. Rich has the gear, Mark has the tone and chops IMO :)
We went backstage after the show, said our goodbyes and called it a night!

Thank you so much Scotty for a wonderful night!

[BJF]

Hi,

Ah all that I have tried by Scotty have been nice and yes Doug makes fine amps.


Hm, I recall running a strat through a Colour-Sound Overdrive, the type used in the early 70's......oh yes guitargod Alex came down on his cloud allright.....
Yes I did hear the Power Driver in Germany through an Orange with 4x12 Celestion........nuff said.

Have fun
BJ
Oh and Scotty take extra care and we love you

[OscrDGrch]

Fatback and I went to see the Crowes a few weeks ago. It was definately a gear fest! I especially like Rich's Zemaitis selection.

[frankencat]

They are playing in Tampa in the 7th. I can get VIP tix for $50. Only thing is I will be in Chicago or else I would be there. I always heard they put on a great show and I have seen the pics of thier stage rigs. Sweet :)

[JofZ]

The guitars are just amazing and never ending, so its worth the price for that alone. Plus you get some good tone for a change :)

There is a Zemaitis Tour Box in the works so you can try out a Disc Front if you want!

I was actually really digging Marc's R9, perfect top!

[OscrDGrch]

There is a Zemaitis Tour Box in the works so you can try out a Disc Front if you want!

I would love to. I could easily justify the need for one.

[Rumbling_Groover]

I saw them over here in the UK back in March they did three hours with a 15 minute break in the middle with no support band. I lost count after the 11th guitar change. It was awesome, loads of jamming. My girlfriend bought me the cd of the gig and it sounds even better.

[No Code 5]

I am catching this tour on Sunday here in Houston. I am definitely looking forward to it.